Documentation - V-261870

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PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the outcome (success or failure) of the events.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without information about the outcome of events, security personnel cannot make an accurate assessment as to whether an attack was successful or if changes were made to the security state of the system. Event outcomes can include indicators of event success or failure and event-specific results (e.g., the security state of the information system after the event occurred). As such, they also provid...

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Using pgaudit, PostgreSQL can be configured to audit various facets of PostgreSQL. Refer to supplementary content APPENDIX-B for documentation on installing pgaudit. All errors, denials, and unsuccessful requests are logged if logging is enabled. Refer to supplementary content APPENDIX-C for documentation on enabling logging. Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA and PGVER environment variables. Refer to APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA and APPENDIX-H for PGVER. With pgaudit and logging enabled, set the configuration settings in postgresql.conf, as the database administrator (shown here as "postgres"), to the following: $ sudo su - postgres $ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf pgaudit.log_catalog='on' pgaudit.log_level='log' pgaudit.log_parameter='on' pgaudi...